Spatial sampling for night levels estimation in urban environments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 791-800

  Romeu, J ^a   Jimenez S ^a   Genesca M ^a   Pamies T ^a   Capdevila, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; NOISE POLLUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; URBAN PLANNING;

CITY CHARACTERISTICS; NIGHT LEVELS ESTIMATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL SAMPLING; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; NIGHT; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUND INTENSITY; SPAIN; SPATIAL SUMMATION; URBAN AREA;

ACOUSTICS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPAIN; VEHICLES;

EID: 33747071226     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2215219     Document Type: Article

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